In a Dark Time … The Eye Begins to See

As Theresa noted, fame, or at least the need for fame, is a recurring theme in The Dream Songs. I like this one because it looks at fame from a different perspective: 133 As he grew famous-ah, but what is fame? - he lost his old obsession with his name, things seemed to matter less, including the [...]

Judging from his book’s dedication to Delmore Schwartz and from the sheer number of poems where he’s mentioned, Delmore’s death must have been devastating to Berryman. Perhaps that’s merely because Schwartz was once his teacher. If so, Schwartz must have had a powerful influence on him. Interestingly, a Berryman interview [...]